Table 1.
Profile and selected care details of study participants
| Characteristics | Carbapenem Resistant Enterobacterales colonization | Total Number (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes Number (%) |
No Number (%) |
Chi Sq P value | ||
| 51 (17.5) | 240 (82.5) | 291 (100) | ||
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 29 (17.9) | 133 (82.1) | 162 (55.7) | 0.817 |
| Female | 22 (17.1) | 107 (82.9) | 129 (44.3) | |
| Age group | ||||
| Less than 1 year | 7 (18.9) | 30 (81.1) | 37(12.7) | 0.564 |
| 1–4 years | 12 (25.0) | 36 (75.0) | 48 (16.5) | |
| 5–14 years | 4 (14.8) | 23 (85.2) | 27 (9.3) | |
| 15–39 years | 9 (12.7) | 62 (87.3) | 71 (24.4) | |
| 40–64 years | 16 (19.3) | 67 (80.7) | 83 (28.5) | |
| 65 years and above | 3 (12.0) | 22 (88.0) | 25 (8.6) | |
| Mean age (SD) | 27.1 (25.6) | 29.3 (24.7) | 28.9 (24.8) | 0.558 |
| Level of care | ||||
| Primary | 5 (11.1) | 40 (89.9) | 45 (15.5) | 0.243 |
| Secondary | 9 (13.6) | 57 (86.4) | 66 (22.7) | |
| Tertiary | 37 (20.6) | 143 (79.4) | 180 (61.9) | |
| ICU care | ||||
| Yes | 2 (18.2) | 9 (81.8) | 11 (3.7) | 0.848 |
| No | 49 (17.5) | 231 (82.5) | 280 (96.3) | |
| Admitting Specialty ward | ||||
| None (PHC/outpatient) | 5 (11.1) | 40 (88.9) | 45(15.5) | 0.0609 |
| Medicine | 14 (18.2) | 63 (81.8) | 77 (26.4) | |
| Paediatrics | 23 (26.4) | 64 (73.6) | 87 (29.9) | |
| Surgery | 7 (9.9) | 64 (90.1) | 71 (24.4) | |
| ICU/Burn | 2 (18.2) | 9 (81.8) | 11 (3.8) | |
| Enterobacterales | ||||
| Eschericia coli | 35 (19.2) | 147 (80.8) | 182 (72.8) | 0.924 |
| Klebsiella spp. | 7 (25.9) | 20 (74.1) | 27 (10.8) | |
| Enterobacter spp. | 3 (27.3) | 8 (72.7) | 11 (4.4) | |
| Raoultella Ornitholytica | 2 (16.7) | 10 (83.3) | 12 (4.8) | |
| Serratia Odorifera | 2 (18.2) | 9 (81.8) | 11 (4.4) | |
| Others | 2 (28.6) | 5 (71.4) | 7 (2.8) | |